Synthetic Inhibitors of CDK4/6 Activities and Tumor Suppression: A Preface to the Special Issue

The category of Hindu new religious movements is conventional and useful, but has imprecise boundaries. Scholars tend to include within it some groups that have claimed they are not Hindu (Arya Samaj, Ramakrishna Mission) or not religious (Transcendental Meditation). Within its wide range are world-affirming groups dedicated to transforming the physical and social world as well as world-transcending groups that find the status of the world doubtful and their purpose at another level or in another realm. The four articles in this special issue of Nova Religio on Hindu new religious movements represent several aspects of this category, and the potential for accommodation of basic differences, social harmony, and even world-transcendence.

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Women Practicing Anthropology: Perspectives Across the Discipline

Practicing Anthropology ◽

10.17730/praa.6.1.n24636687632p22k ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 4-7

Author(s):

Carole Browner

Keyword(s):

Annual Meeting ◽

Career Advancement ◽

Academic Career ◽

American Anthropological Association ◽

Special Issue ◽

Public And Private ◽

The Public ◽

The Status ◽

Status Of Women

The articles in this special issue of Practicing Anthropology grew out of a symposium on "Women Anthropologists in the Public and Private Sectors: Opportunities for Non-Academic Career Advancement" sponsored by the Committee on the Status of Women (COSWA) at the 1981 Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. As organizers of the panel, Donald Lindburg and I sought participants from each subfield of anthropology working in both the public and private sectors. In the first regard we were successful, with presentations by social, linguistic and physical anthropologists and two archeologists. In the second regard we were less successful, with four of the five panelists—Sibley, Wynn, Wildesen, and Brockman—employed by private concerns.

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Implicitness and experimental methods in language variation research

Linguistics Vanguard ◽

10.1515/lingvan-2018-0005 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (s1) ◽

Author(s):

Laura Rosseel ◽

Stefan Grondelaers

Keyword(s):

Language Attitudes ◽

Language Variation ◽

Underlying Structure ◽

Special Issue ◽

Language Variation And Change ◽

New Methods ◽

Different Types ◽

The Status ◽

Terminological Confusion

AbstractThis special issue brings together research that reflects on the status and role of different types of language attitudes, and the methods required to study them. Many linguists distinguish between explicit and implicit attitudes towards language, but more often than not it remains unclear how these constructs are defined, and what their potential significance is for the study of language variation and change. The contributions to this issue address this question by critically reflecting on theory and methodology, by highlighting (and clarifying) the terminological confusion, and by showcasing new methods and tools. It is hoped that this special issue can inspire theoretical and methodological convergence in a notoriously fragmented field, so that attitude researchers can identify the underlying structure of language attitudes, and the theoretical significance of language evaluation to processes of language variation and change.

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What Is New in Thyroid Cancer: The Special Issue of the Journal Cancers

Cancers ◽

10.3390/cancers12103036 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (10) ◽

pp. 3036

Author(s):

Efisio Puxeddu ◽

Giovanni Tallini ◽

Roberta Vanni

Keyword(s):

Thyroid Cancer ◽

Thyroid Nodules ◽

Prognostic Parameters ◽

Special Issue ◽

The Past ◽

Molecular Oncology ◽

The Status ◽

Recent Developments ◽

Points Of View ◽

Molecular Aspects

The incidence of thyroid cancer has increased over the past 3 to 4 decades. Nonetheless, the mortality from thyroid cancer has remained stable. The thyroid gland may develop nodules encompassing several types of cell proliferation, from frankly benign to very aggressive forms with many intermediate challenging variants. For this reason, there is growing interest in evaluating thyroid nodules from many points of view, from the clinical to the molecular aspects, in the search for innovative diagnostic and prognostic parameters. The aim of this Special Issue was to provide an overview of recent developments in understanding the biology and molecular oncology of thyroid tumors of follicular cell derivation and their repercussions on the diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy. The contributions of many experts in the field made up a Special Issue of Cancers journal, that focusing on different aspects, including mechanistic and functional facets, gives the status of art of clinical and biological perspectives of thyroid cancer.

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The end of International Relations theory?

European Journal of International Relations ◽

10.1177/1354066113495485 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 19 (3) ◽

pp. 405-425 ◽

Cited By ~ 111

Author(s):

Tim Dunne ◽

Lene Hansen ◽

Colin Wight

Keyword(s):

International Relations ◽

International Relations Theory ◽

Social Forces ◽

Special Issue ◽

The Third ◽

Different Types ◽

The Status ◽

Theoretical Pluralism

With a view to providing contextual background for the Special Issue, this opening article analyses several dimensions of ‘The end of International Relations theory?’ It opens with a consideration of the status of different types of theory. Thereafter, we look at the proliferation of theories that has taken place since the emergence of the third/fourth debate. The coexistence and competition between an ever-greater number of theories begs the question: what kind of theoretical pluralism should IR scholars embrace? We offer a particular account of theoretical engagement that is preferable to the alternatives currently being practised: integrative pluralism. The article ends on a cautiously optimistic note: given the disciplinary competition that now exists in relation to explaining and understanding global social forces, International Relations may find resilience because it has become theory-led, theory-literate and theory-concerned.

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Special Issue on Japan’s Advanced Technology for Building Seismic Protection

Journal of Disaster Research ◽

10.20965/jdr.2009.p0173 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 173-174 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Kazuhiko Kasai

Keyword(s):

Passive Control ◽

Base Isolation ◽

Advanced Technology ◽

Ground Movement ◽

Current Status ◽

Special Issue ◽

Nonstructural Components ◽

Control Schemes ◽

The Status ◽

Design Construction

Modern buildings have more complex, important functions than ever before, and damage to these functions adversely impacted on socioeconomic activity during and after the 1995 Hyogo-Ken Nanbu Earthquake that leveled much of Kobe, Japan. Although many such buildings protected the lives of occupants, their impaired functioning required costly structural and nonstructural repair. Questions have been raised about conventional building structure performance enabling inelastic deformation or considerable damage during a major earthquake, as shown in Fig. 1a. Advanced technology such as building base isolation, shown in Fig. 1b, and passive control by dampers, shown in Fig. 1c, was developed prior to the Kobe disaster and became rapidly accepted after it, in line with a strong desire to better protect structural and nonstructural components. In base isolation, a building is placed on a flexible isolator that absorbs lateral ground movement, preventing vibration in the upper parts of the structure, as shown in Fig. 1b. In passive control, dampers connected to the structural frame dissipate seismic input energy, reducing kinetic energy and vibration of the building, as shown in Fig. 1c. Such advanced technology is currently used for all major buildings and even for small residences in Japan to better protect buildings and their contents. Japan has produced a large number of buildings with the technology, and is believed to have conducted the most extensive research in realizing base isolation and passive control schemes. This special issue of JDR addresses the present and future of Japan’s advanced technology with special reference to major activities related to design, construction, and research. Its purpose is to globally disseminate and share knowledge on promising schemes to help protect lives and social assets against catastrophic earthquakes. This issue covers the current status of base isolation and passive control schemes, unique projects promoting technology for structurally challenging cases, building requirements necessitating the use of advanced technology, the status of current codes and specifications, and new directions in technology. Papers in this issue were authored by leading structural designers and researchers in Japan, to whom we hereby express our deepest gratitude for their invaluable efforts.

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